Rock-shit Karl
Steinscheißer Karl ( Bavarian Stoascheißer Koarl or Stâscheißer Koarl ) is a phrase that is used especially in Austria and at the same time the name of a "taboo word" game. The expression has been known for a long time, at least in north-eastern Austria, but only became popular throughout Austria through the play by Stoascheißer Koarl , which is part of Josef Hader's private cabaret program , which was first performed in 1994 . In parts of Germany Josef Hader spoke instead of the rock-shit Karli , as it is not readily understood there everywhere.
Due to the popularity of the cabaret program, which with 5 years of playtime and 500,000 spectators is the most watched program of its kind in Austria, as well as the popularity of the skit , the name Steinscheißer Karl became known throughout Austria and to this day the habit of saying it is still in many parts of Austria “ Well there Stoascheißer Koarl ” when the other person asks “ Who? “Even though he / she should know who was meant.
The game
Josef Hader claims in his cabaret program that the devil would want to put him in with this game.
According to Josef Hader, it works like this: You try to get your counterpart to ask the question "Who?" To which you answer with "Rock-shit Karl". After that, the other would be “shot” or his life would no longer have any value.
Haders game goes back to the Faustian game with the devil Luzi , who suffers traumatically from having been "shot" once when Jesus announced at the Last Supper that one of those present would betray him before the third crowing of the cock. Luzi, who was present as a waiter at the Last Supper, let himself be tempted to ask the “who” out of curiosity, and since then he has been desperately and restlessly looking for another victim who could redeem him by making the same mistake. In the sketch, Luzi tries to "shoot" Hader, but he doesn't get on his nerves for two hours.
The game described above is also popular with friends. You have to make your opponent, “ Who? "To ask, and answer " Rock-shit Karl "to win. Similar taboo word games are also found in other cultures, e.g. For example, in Hungary the game fekete-fehér-igen-nem , in which a question-and-answer game provokes the opponent to pronounce the forbidden words black, white, yes and no . This variant is z. B. also played by Asterix with the gladiators in Asterix as a gladiator . In the 70s and 80s, a different version, only with the taboo words yes and no , was played on Radio Bremen's Hansawelle with calling listeners.